The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-10-12
Ex-MISTsTEH COX ON TTRKEY.
4 Turki.;, Salaan--Turkish Habits--T crk-
is!I Women. &c, &c.

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The Hon. S. S. Cox's lee ture, COB
servations upon Turkey" says the New
York Sun OF October 5, formed the prin
cipal part OF the entertainment given by
the Steckler Association at the Windsor
Theatre last night. Three policemen
stood at the entrance, and declared il
was impossible for another man to get
inside.
Judge Alfred S:eckler had hardly fin
ished his brief introduction Of Ir. Cox
when the audience fixed itself for an
hours laughter, and it refused to put
Itself into any other attitylde toward the
distinguished lecturer, III spite Of the
evident fact that he sometimes tried to
be serious. Dir. Cox began by making g
Turkish salaam as the most lifting way
to express his recognition OF the hoDors
about to be hsepea upon him. He first
tried to touch his boot toe without bend
ing his l:aces, then placed his hand on
what lie said was his heart, stuck his
finger in his mouth, scratched his mead,
and concluded with sweeping dancing
masters bow The audience didn't care
whether al this vas good Turkish or
not; it was funny, and they laughed.
:'Ibe Turks always bsgin the day with
sunset, said Mr.. Cox, and everybody
laughed again. ''hy mother-in-law
used to tell me that the Puritans began
their Sunday at sunset Saturday, and I
never went tack on Sunset when I
could help i.
Mr., Cox referred to his trip in the
Soudan under the guidance Of tie Sui
tan's commissioner: cit may seem a
strange thing ior man to go 70 ,iur;ieg
with only ore wife, but, as the :saa said
who had his head cat off, it va5 the only
one J had. The Sultan has Isl wives,
and he has 10 have their rames rut On
the doors OF their rooms. For my rar5
1 have always found one jast a!oat q
much as can manage. Wher / MT ,2e
khediYe he said:
"'Your Excellency, how IS il your
country has grown so fest IL popu!a-
tion?'
"sThc attractive forces OF our inmi-
grafton laws and OF our Constitution l
answered.
But have you got any Of my people
over there?'
"'Ob, yes, We lave two. I shipped
them yesterday from Alexandria. They
arc mummies.
's'W.ll, its all right. They couldn't
be Of much more use to me, anyhow.
81 am perhaps the only man in Amer
ica who has ever shaken hands With tho
Pharaoh Of Scripture. He was a little
dusty, hut shook hanGs with him. -Gy
wonder is not so much that lie was aGle
70 WIZ immortality, but tbat he was able
10 preserve his iUmc-taiization.
The great fight O. the century vi!
uot beabout Bulgaria or Roumelia, but
will take place III Afghanistan, between
the land animal Russia and the sea AMI
nal Great Britain. Some OF those pres
ent viii i've to see Ii.
Tie climax OF the lecturers eloquence
was reached when he began 20 describe
the Caucasian women who replenish the
harems OF Constantinople.
''They appear on the streets as women
do il New York, but the eyes-the eyest
such eyes as I never saw elsewhere.
These women belong to the stock from
which our ancestors sprung. They are
beautiful, wonderful woman, compact in
form, noble OF mein, graceful il move
ment, and musical in speech. The
Turkish race will be replenished from
Caucasia time and again.
"On the bridge between Scutari and
Constanti2ople seventy-two nations are
represented in the passers to and fro,
different in costume Language and man
ners. How does the Sultan harmoIize
these diverse nations? The secret Of
government is the same that was OBJ
served in the ancient empires of Greece
and Rome--it is home rule-the system
of tribaI relations which has prevailed
from the days OF Abraham. Each tribe
has its head, and its own system OF taxa
ton, and this plan prevails from the
Euphrates to the Adriatic. Crete has its
own legislature It is this system which
has kept the Turkish Empire together
SO long, in spite OF its many enemies.
Mr.. Cox gave some specimens OF Turk
ish humor, and mentioned the fact that
more would be found in certain book
about to be published. In conclusion he
said that he hoped the day was far dis
tant when the amiable, Just, honest and
vigilant Sultan should lose bis hold upon
the Orient.